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Mrs McGrath - Phelim Drew

Hello, how are you getting on? So there you were, innocently scrolling along and you got sidestepped by a man with the banjo. I'm going to attempt to sing a song with a banjo, and it's not just any banjo, it belonged to a friend of mine who passed away earlier in the year. So I'd like to sing this song for my friend Aidran's family and for anyone who is finding this period of their lives very difficult. I hope you enjoy this. The Dubliners recorded Mrs McGrath on the 1965 EP "In Person Featuring Ronnie Drew". In 1968 they sung it to new lyrics, though keeping the tune of the original folk song, in the album "Drinkin' and Courtin"'. This latter version tells the story of a country boy who goes to college in Dublin but fails due to spending all his money and time on "women and drink "Mrs. McGrath" (also known as "Mrs. McGraw", "My Son Ted", "My Son John", and "The Sergeant and Mrs. McGrath") is an Irish folk song set during the Peninsular War of the early 19th century. The song tells the story of a woman whose son enters the British Army and returns seven years later having lost his legs to a cannonball while fighting against Napoleon presumably at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (fought between 3 and 5 May 1811). The general theme of the song is one of opposition to war. Along with "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye", it is one of the most graphic of all Irish folk songs that deal with sickness and injuries caused by warfare.[1] Irish folk song collector Colm Ó Lochlainn described "Mrs. Grath" as "known to every true born citizen of Dublin". It was very popular among the Irish Volunteers in the years leading up to the 1916 Rising[2] and has been recorded by many singers and folk groups." Wikipedia